President Truong Tan Sang held talks with President Raul Castro Ruz in Havana, Cuba on September 29 (Cuba time) following his official welcome ceremony, seeking to bolster the fraternal solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Viet Nam and Cuba.

The leaders agreed that the special Viet Nam-Cuba traditional relations have reaped new and positive developments across sectors, spurred by all-level delegation exchanges, effective bilateral cooperative mechanisms and the implementation of the bilateral economic agenda signed in March 2014.

Cuban President Raul Castro and President Truong Tan Sang inspected the guards of honour. (Source: VNA)

Specifically, the two countries need to improve the efficiency of underway and upcoming joint agriculture and aquaculture projects; facilitate business market access; and carry out joint venture projects on oil and gas production, tourism infrastructure construction, building material, consumer goods, telecom software and devices production.

They should consider establishing mechanisms for joint research and a pilot production of medicines and new-generation bio-healthcare products along with promoting cultural, sport, tourism, education and training partnerships.

Multilaterally, the leaders declared that the two countries will continually boost collaboration, cooperation and support at international organisations and multilateral forums while joining together in the common struggle for peace, stability and cooperation within the two continents and around the globe.

President Truong Tan Sang took the occasion to hand over 5,000 tonnes of rice as gift from the Vietnamese leaders and people to the Cuban people

(Source: VNA)